Ok but what is the purpose of this technique? Why not just place the needle normally? As a professional in the field, I'm genuinely curious. I've taken blood from patients a million times and even though this could be very accurate with practice, I'm confused about why it is better than just placing the needle because there will always be some risk of missing.
That's really awesome. I made one comment on here that blood draws absolutely should be painless in a perfect world but I obviously didn't articulate myself well enough and got down voted to hell lol
Haha I saw it. I think they shouldn't be painful either. For a long time, I cried during blood draws, had panic/anxiety while going to my appointment...the nurses wouldn't be able to find my vein, go real deep, or say my vein was running away and dug around under my skin to try and catch my vein [this was the most painful]. I'm traumatized lol. Even if they got it, it felt SO bad. I avoided shots when I could or donating blood cause of the thought of a needle. Finally, I lucked out with my phlebotomist who used this flying needle technique and I will follow her wherever she goes. I have her number and text her if she's still at the same place before I book lol.
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u/Background_Humor5838 Jun 10 '25
Ok but what is the purpose of this technique? Why not just place the needle normally? As a professional in the field, I'm genuinely curious. I've taken blood from patients a million times and even though this could be very accurate with practice, I'm confused about why it is better than just placing the needle because there will always be some risk of missing.